NIFT HYD - WHERE YOU WANNA BE

The best part about the curriculum is multiple internships. Starting out after the second year, we have our textile internship. It spans over two weeks and we are supposed to submit a report and presentation regarding its working and the process flow. After our third year, an apparel internship of 2 months is to be carried out. This is a great experience to truly understand where and how to work in the industry. The last semester is entirely one internship for which different companies such as aditya birla, landmark, decathlon offers and comes to campus for placements. This might be one of the most important parts of the syllabus as it can help shape our entire career. Juries are taken for all these internships which again helps us in remembering everything important regarding the working of the fashion industry. Since our syllabus is regarding apparel production, it is majorly focused on this. This provides us great insight of the working of a textile and apparel factory and about the brands that we shop from. Another part of our syllabus is the inter disciplinary minor where we can learn subjects from other departments from semester 3. Then we have Deepening Specialisation from 3 different options, Production, Technology and Management. This allows us deeper analysis about the core of our subject.

1. Textile internship - WFB kochi Trainee for Textile industry. 2 weeks time Understanding the working of a Textile industry 2. Apparel internship - Silver Spark Raymond Ltd Project Intern 2 months timeline Reducing Defects for Made-to-Measure jacket line and studying the workflow 3. Graduation Project - Pantaloons, Aditya Birla Gonna start by Jan 2025 4 months Stipend - 20k Campus placement Mumbai

The tuition fees will be taken sem wise which is around 170,000. There is one other category that is NRI, for which u will have to pay around 10 lakhs per year. This option is often taken if you didnt get your choice of campus for general or reservational categories. For hostel, it is 42000 per year which is reasonable however additional 3000 per month has to be paid for mess fees. Stationery will cost you around 3-5K per month depending on your course, it is lesser for technology students though. Every other fee such as library and exam fee is added onto the tution fee so there is no extra payment required later unless you have a follow-up on any subject. Scholarship are provided for financially challenged students which requires a set of documents to be submitted along with interview. Design course and Technology course has the same fee, no difference. Overall with my family background, it was a challenging at times when the fees went upto 2 lakhs per sem but otherwise it was affordable

There are a million events conducted by the 8 different clubs in our campus. Culturals, literary and dramatics, mess, sports, social media, film and photography, esse, adventure. Treks, short films, jamming sessions, sports week, onam, diwali, open mic, debate, workshops, photowalk, charity, halloween, navrathri, craft bazaar are all conducted by these clubs. Spectrum, the college annual fest is another amazing experince. Take part in multiple events and win money. There is dance crew, INSYNC, band, drama team as well. Converge, Inter-NIFT competition that takes place in different campuses in each year. I have been to bhopal, Panchkula and patna for the competitions. Mess club is run by students so food is made according to what students like. Culturals and lnd always fight but they put out the best events. There are interviews and selection for these clubs as well. Social media and adventure are comparatively new but they grew amazingly well over the years. Resource center is available to all students and lent out books as well. Filled with information and fabric and garment samples.

There are 3 hostels, 4th one under construction right now. Two sharing bedroom with table, chair, bed, cupboard. Washroom space with 3 sinks, 2 toilets, 2 shower rooms allocated to 8 students. Free wifi and water filter for each hostel. Attendance is taken at night Meal quality is good ESPECIALLY WHEN NEW STUDENTS ARE COMING

I didnt apply to any other college. It was NIFT or nothing else for me. Initially, we submit our application for the course we want. Then there is GAT exam, general ability test which is a combination of maths, english, General knowledge, case studies. There will be selection from this exam for the interview and campus selection. The interview part was not there for me, because of COVID. So there was narrowed selection from the exam itself. Hyderabad has proven to be a great college for fashion Technology students with good placements and great faculties. For the exam, focus on all the factors, buy books, attend coaching if required, do mocks and u will definitely ace it. NIFT is the epitome of best fashion college so to get in here to achieve your fashion career dream is the ideal dream. The cutoffs are generally lenient. However, since more and more students are applying ever year it has gotten tough to get in. Reservation seats and NRI seats are all there for students. Overall admission experience was tad bit stressful but really fun and exciting at the same time

The facilties are amazing in my department. Two of them being alumnis are great for the students because they truly connect with us. Total of 10 faculties, who are all amazing and very well knowledgable. Most with 2 or more phds and some acquiring even more. Totally chill with the students but strict about assignment quality. They help during internships when needed and provide opportunities when asked as well. Mentors are provided to a set of students divided among the faculties and we are free to talk whenever we want to regarding anything. The staffs also are very close with the students. They help the students in need during juries and assignment submissions. Dr. Rammohan is very well reputed and gives opportunities to write papers in outside campus competitions. Dr. Anant Phani gives internship opportunities, if we are behind him. Dr. Srivani is very careful about students being alert and vigilant regarding their course and work period. Juries are often very stressful before our time comes. Exams when studies are really easy to get good marks in. Teachers very well give pointers regarding exam syllabus beforehand.

Nightlife is amazing. Nift is placed right in the center of HITECH City. Metro station just in front of the campus. Mall next to the campus with theatre, arcade, food court, shopping stores etc. Chai thadi and frankie - spots students and faculties go to to grab a bite Number of food stores right in front of campus. Gym inside the campus allowed for students. Guest rooms if any parents or relatives are staying over. Mindspace, durgam cheruvu, IKEA - the prime hangout spots Campus timings are from 9.30 to 5.30 and hostel is inside the campus itself. There are 3 gates to the campus. One for VIP, one for students and faculties, one for parking. The locality is safe to hang around at night as well.